(v. t.) To tell or declare beforehand; to foretell; to prophesy; to presage; as, to predict misfortune; to predict the return of a comet.
(n.) A prediction.
Example Sentences:
(1) The predicted non-Lorentzian line shapes and widths were found to be in good agreement with experimental results, indicating that the local orientational order (called "packing" by many workers) in the bilayers of small vesicles and in multilamellar membranes is substantially the same.
(2) Pretraining consumption did not predict (among animals) post-training consumption.
(3) Moreover in MIT-1, the size of the novel polypeptide was not that predicted of the precursor (44.9 kDa) but was about 39 kDa, the same size as the authentic GS gamma polypeptide in CYT-4.
(4) From these data it is possible to predict theoretically the apparent temperature difference as seen by an infrared scanner or radiometer with a detector of which the spectral detectivity, D (lambda), is known.
(5) In practice, however, the necessary dosage is difficult to predict.
(6) Basing the prediction of student performance in medical school on intellective-cognitive abilities alone has proved to be more pertinent to academic achievement than to clinical practice.
(7) However, this predictive value disappeared when five baseline parameters found to predict the outcome (neopterin, beta 2-microglobulin, p24 antigen, anti-p18 antibody and immunoglobulin A) were adjusted.
(8) From the biochemical markers in follicular fluid, cyclic adenosine monophosphate has a distinct predictive value in regard to pregnancy in in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer cycles.
(9) (Predictive value positive refers to the proportion of all people identified who actually have the disease.)
(10) Serial observations of blood pressure after unilateral adrenalectomy for aldosterone-producing adenoma revealed an incidence of hypotension (systolic BP less than fifth percentile for age- and sex-matched normal population) of 27% at 2 years, more than 5 times that predicted.
(11) Thus, brain NE levels after training were not predictive of retention performance in amygdala-implanted or -stimulated animals.
(12) Current status of prognosis in clinical, experimental and prophylactic medicine is delineated with formulation of the purposes and feasibility of therapeutic and preventive realization of the disease onset and run prediction.
(13) Our prospective study has defined a number of important variables in patients with clinical evidence of mast cell proliferation that can predict both the presence of SMCD and the likelihood of fatal disease.
(14) Serum sialic acid concentration predicts both death from CHD and stroke in men and women independent of age.
(15) Consequently, it is important to predict accurately dose for such fields to ensure adequate coverage of the target region and sparing of healthy tissues.
(16) Evidence reported here shows that, consistent with prediction, 10 carcinogens are all active in inducing tandem duplications.
(17) An experimental model was established in the ewe allowing one to predict with accuracy an antral follicle that coincidentally would either undergo ovulation (6-8 mm diameter) or atresia (3-4 mm diameter) following synchronization of luteal regression and the onset of the gonadotropin surge.
(18) Correlations and some clinically relevant comparisons suggested that the MMPI 168 predicted the standard MMPI with a high degree of accuracy.
(19) Meanwhile Ed Miliband, the Labour leader, waiting anxiously for news of the scale of the Labour advance in his first nationwide electoral test, will urge the electorate not to be duped by the promise of a coalition mark 2, predicting sham concessions by the Conservatives .
(20) The positive predictive accuracy of a biophysical profile score of 0, with mortality and morbidity used as end points, was 100%.
Synergy
Definition:
(n.) Combined action
(n.) the combined healthy action of every organ of a particular system; as, the digestive synergy.
(n.) An effect of the interaction of the actions of two agents such that the result of the combined action is greater than expected as a simple additive combination of the two agents acting separately. Also synergism.
Example Sentences:
(1) PALA, used to potentiate 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), has been shown to have synergy in vivo and in vitro.
(2) No significant correlation was seen between the results of the synergy test and the results of the susceptibility test to netilmicin.
(3) Of interest here is the "synergy" in patterns of program adoption between employee assistance programs (EAPs) and health promotion activities (HPAs).
(4) In contrast, no synergy was observed when HL60 cells were treated with TGF-beta in various combinations with interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha), interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), and retinoic acid.
(5) Although such infections are not a major problem in numerical terms, the variable response of patients to treatment means that conventional sensitivity testing is of little assistance, and it is necessary to seek evidence of synergy in drug combinations for the effective treatment of these infections.
(6) "But the fact is when we looked at it although there were strong synergies it would have had to provide real value because it doesn't allow us to diversify [beyond our existing dependence on advertising]."
(7) Synergy of TOB with CET could be demonstrated against 83% of Klebsiella pneumoniae, 78% of E. coli, 44% of Proteus rettgeri and 39% of Proteus inconstans.
(8) In contrast, the combinations of P40 and antiviral drugs did not result in a cumulative effect but in significant synergy of the effects of each component of the treatments.
(9) Synergy of CGP 31608 and gentamicin was found against 90% P. aeruginosa, 60% Enterobacter cloacae, and 50% Serratia marcescens strains.
(10) The synergy between penicillin, clindamycin or metronidazole and gentamicin in Gram-positive anaerobic and facultative organisms may have clinical implications.
(11) The Caggins Synergy Nursing Model (CSNM) is a conceptual framework which was developed by the author during her doctoral coursework at Texas Woman's University-Houston.
(12) The lowest FIC values were obtained with a ratio of 1:1 and the greatest synergy was observed at this ratio with 39 strains (78%).
(13) "We are two standalone papers with similar audiences who might want to explore synergies," is all that Kelner will say.
(14) In summary, GRF at doses ranging from 1.1 to 10.0 micrograms.kg-1 and TRF at doses ranging from 1.1 to 3.3 micrograms.kg-1 act in synergy on GH release and do not interact on Prl, TSH, T3 and T4 concentrations in dairy cows.
(15) Attention is also focused on synergies deriving from the collaboration between doctors (dentists and non-dentists), teachers, parents and public officials.
(16) It is proposed that muscles are controlled using a modified synergy strategy.
(17) In an examination of 21 strains of faecal streptococcus exposed to penicillin and gentamicin the bactericidal synergy observed was smoothly variable, a finding with a bearing on the management of infections with this organism, in that the recognition of strains showing an intermediate degree of synergy is possible.
(18) Bacterial synergy is important to consider when selecting antibiotic therapy, since beta-lactamase production may protect pathogens commonly considered susceptible to standard antibiotic therapy.
(19) In vitro antiviral activity and clinical evidence of possible synergy with other antiretrovirals suggests that continued investigation of alpha-interferon in treatment of AIDS-related malignancies is a priority for the second decade of challenging AIDS.
(20) Synergy was commonly observed when the sulphones were combined with ampicillin or amoxicillin, generally reducing the drug minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) fourfold to eightfold (synergy rates 85-91%).